6+ hour, 44+ min ago  (793+ words) Upgrade to premium to save this article More than two dozen councils have been ordered to improve how they track teenagers after new data found the education, employment or training status of 32, 100 16 and 17-year-olds was unknown. The Department for Education…...

3+ hour, 7+ min ago  (541+ words) Upgrade to premium to save this article The introduction of the new national curriculum should be phased to allow for piloting and "lessons learned" alongside a continuing professional development (CPD) strategy, a report has said. The Teaching Commission, chaired by…...

17+ hour, 47+ min ago  (532+ words) Upgrade to premium to save this article Ofqual has rebuked exam board Pearson for preventable failures in an Edexcel A-level maths exams sat by tens of thousands of pupils last summer. Ian Bauckham, chief regulator, said the problems caused "anxiety,…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (546+ words) Upgrade to premium to save this article Twelve building companies are being investigated by the UK competition watchdog over suspected "bid-rigging" on contracts for school repairs. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has named the firms at the centre of…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1049+ words) Upgrade to premium to save this article Academy bosses" pay should follow "rules" that are "in line" with other parts of the public sector like the NHS, the schools minister has said, as government prepares to announce curbs on CEO…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1729+ words) Upgrade to premium to save this article The schools minister has revealed how many schools have so far used government's flagship money-saving scheme, as she signalled plans for new CEO pay controls and acknowledged "considerable pressure" faced by school budgets....

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (970+ words) Upgrade to premium to save this article "Take young people's mental health seriously and intervene much earlier," one 17-year-old girl told our "The Big Future' survey. Sadly, this is far from an isolated plea for help. Children have been crying…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1103+ words) Upgrade to premium to save this article Ministers should create a "clearer and more operational definition" of white working class pupils in education, a landmark inquiry has said, after it found the school system is "not serving" their interests. The…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (1203+ words) Upgrade to premium to save this article By Dr Siobhan Mellor, Educational Psychologist and Director of Pedagogy and Learning, Real Training The Schools White Paper provides a clear directive for earlier identification and support for pupils with SEND, without waiting…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago  (161+ words) Upgrade to premium to save this article At Dorothy Stringer School in Brighton, headteacher Matt Hillier says he spends "1 million a year more on inclusion than he did in 2019. In many ways, this investment has paid off. The school has…...